Cryptography Jobs in England

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cryptography skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cryptography over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 578 640 638
Rank change year-on-year +62 -2 +257
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 105 204 288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.23% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.27% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 75 178 159
10th Percentile £50,200 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile - £58,183 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £72,500 £66,550
Median % change year-on-year -24.42% +8.94% -10.07%
75th Percentile £64,625 £92,500 £81,928
90th Percentile £81,500 £122,500 £101,185
UK median annual salary £54,793 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -26.94% +15.38% -3.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cryptography falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,477 74,482 83,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.01% 84.24% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 22,533 54,432 49,691
10th Percentile £29,625 £29,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,695 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cryptography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in England

Cryptography
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cryptography in England.

Salary trend for Cryptography in England

Cryptography
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cryptography in England

Cryptography
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +79 67 £54,793 -21.72% 29
North West +61 63 £54,793 -39.12% 23
London +24 15 £72,500 -19.44% 71
South East +91 10 £60,000 -7.69% 22
South West +112 6 £80,000 +33.33% 12
Yorkshire +40 4 £25,625 -63.39% 5
West Midlands +65 3 - - 5
Midlands +55 3 - - 8
East of England +17 2 £50,000 -11.50% 17
Cryptography
UK

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.90%) TPMS
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (1.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (13.33%) AWS
2 13 (12.38%) Azure
3 5 (4.76%) GCP
4 4 (3.81%) IaaS
4 4 (3.81%) PaaS
5 3 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.90%) Asana
6 2 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.95%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.95%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.33%) Firewall
2 10 (9.52%) Network Security
3 6 (5.71%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.81%) HTTP
4 4 (3.81%) HTTPS
4 4 (3.81%) SSL
5 3 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.86%) VPN
6 2 (1.90%) Internet
6 2 (1.90%) S/MIME
6 2 (1.90%) X.509
7 1 (0.95%) DKIM
7 1 (0.95%) DMARC
7 1 (0.95%) tcpdump
7 1 (0.95%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.95%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.95%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.90%) JIRA
1 2 (1.90%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.95%) GDB
2 1 (0.95%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (0.95%) WinDbg
General
1 78 (74.29%) Social Skills
2 61 (58.10%) Avionics
2 61 (58.10%) Influencing Skills
3 13 (12.38%) Finance
4 6 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.76%) Banking
6 4 (3.81%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.86%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.86%) Games
7 3 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.86%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.95%) Law
9 1 (0.95%) Legal
9 1 (0.95%) Retail
Job Titles
1 73 (69.52%) Senior
2 61 (58.10%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 61 (58.10%) Systems Engineer
3 12 (11.43%) Security Engineer
4 7 (6.67%) Architect
5 5 (4.76%) Analyst
5 5 (4.76%) Security Architect
6 4 (3.81%) Auditor
6 4 (3.81%) Mobile Engineer
6 4 (3.81%) Security Analyst
6 4 (3.81%) Security Auditor
6 4 (3.81%) Senior Auditor
6 4 (3.81%) Senior Security Engineer
6 4 (3.81%) Technologist
7 3 (2.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (1.90%) AWS Architect
8 2 (1.90%) AWS Security Architect
8 2 (1.90%) Cloud Security Architect
8 2 (1.90%) Information Security Engineer
8 2 (1.90%) Senior Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.81%) Middleware
2 2 (1.90%) EJB
2 2 (1.90%) Web Services
3 1 (0.95%) libvirt
3 1 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.43%) Management Information System
2 8 (7.62%) PKI
3 6 (5.71%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (5.71%) Public Cloud
4 4 (3.81%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.81%) Cyberattack
4 4 (3.81%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.81%) Security Posture
4 4 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.90%) Blockchain
5 2 (1.90%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.90%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.95%) Clustering
6 1 (0.95%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.95%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.71%) Windows
2 5 (4.76%) Apple iOS
3 4 (3.81%) Android
3 4 (3.81%) Linux
4 1 (0.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (61.90%) Coaching
2 63 (60.00%) Collaborative Working
3 61 (58.10%) Customer Requirements
3 61 (58.10%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 61 (58.10%) Systems Engineering
4 25 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (16.19%) Information Security
6 13 (12.38%) Risk Management
7 11 (10.48%) SIEM
8 10 (9.52%) Key Management
9 9 (8.57%) DevOps
10 8 (7.62%) Artificial Intelligence
10 8 (7.62%) Computer Science
10 8 (7.62%) Mathematics
10 8 (7.62%) Penetration Testing
11 7 (6.67%) Fintech
12 6 (5.71%) Data Loss Prevention
12 6 (5.71%) Decision-Making
12 6 (5.71%) Risk Assessment
12 6 (5.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.48%) C++
2 9 (8.57%) C
2 9 (8.57%) Python
3 6 (5.71%) Bash
3 6 (5.71%) Java
4 4 (3.81%) Go
4 4 (3.81%) Kotlin
4 4 (3.81%) Objective-C
4 4 (3.81%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.81%) Rust
5 3 (2.86%) C#
6 2 (1.90%) Solidity
7 1 (0.95%) CodeQL
7 1 (0.95%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.95%) PHP
7 1 (0.95%) SQL
7 1 (0.95%) VB
Qualifications
1 86 (81.90%) Degree
2 61 (58.10%) HNC
2 61 (58.10%) HND
3 8 (7.62%) CISSP
4 7 (6.67%) CEH
5 6 (5.71%) CISM
5 6 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.71%) Master's Degree
5 6 (5.71%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.81%) PhD
7 3 (2.86%) CCSP
7 3 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.86%) GCIH
7 3 (2.86%) OSCP
8 2 (1.90%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (1.90%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.90%) GIAC
8 2 (1.90%) ISSAP
8 2 (1.90%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (8.57%) NIST
2 8 (7.62%) GDPR
3 6 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (2.86%) NCSC
5 3 (2.86%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.90%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.90%) COBIT
6 2 (1.90%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.90%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.95%) Docker
2 1 (0.95%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (2.86%) CASB
1 3 (2.86%) CSIRT
2 2 (1.90%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (1.90%) Nmap
3 1 (0.95%) Istio
3 1 (0.95%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (4.76%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.81%) Thales
3 3 (2.86%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.95%) Google